Agent-based modeling: A historical perspective and a review of validation and verification efforts

Handbook of Research on Discrete Event Simulation Environments: Technologies and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 28-57

  Heath, Brian L ^a   Hill, Raymond R ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-774-4.ch003     Document Type: Chapter

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